Miguel Holguín y Figueroa | |
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| Born | 1516 |
| Died | After 1576 |
| Other names | Miguel Holguín de Figueroa |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1535-1539 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for | Spanish conquest of Venezuela Spanish conquest of the Muisca Quest forEl Dorado |
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| Children | 3 daughters: Inés de Cárcamo, Elvira de Holguín, María Maldonado de Holguín 1 son: Diego Holguín de Figueroa Maldonado de Bohorques |
| Mayor of Tunja | |
| In office 1558–1558 | |
| Preceded by | Gregorio Suárez de Deza & Pedro García Ruiz. |
| Succeeded by | Diego Montañez & Pedro Vásquez de Loaiza |
| In office 1564–1564 | |
| Preceded by | Juan López |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Salguero & Hernando de Rojas |
| In office 1572–1572 | |
| Preceded by | Gómez de Cifuentes & Pedro Bravo |
| Succeeded by | Pedro García Ruiz & Diego de Partearroyo |
| In office 1576–1576 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro López Patiño de Haro & Juan Prieto Maldonado |
| Succeeded by | Hernando Mateos & Bachiller Pedro de Valdelomar |
| Notes | |
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa, also written asMiguel Holguín de Figueroa, (1516,Cáceres,Kingdom of Spain - after 1576,Tunja,New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanishconquistador. He took part in the expeditions of conquest of theChitarero,Motilon,U'wa andLache peoples led byNikolaus Federmann.[1] Holguín y Figueroa later settled in Tunja, where he protested the rapacious activities ofHernán Pérez de Quesada, governor ofBogotá.
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa was chronicled byJuan Rodríguez Freyle inEl Carnero.
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa, also written as Holguín de Figueroa, was born in 1516 inCáceres. He married twice: to Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco; and Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez (or Bohórques), widow ofPedro Núñez Cabrera.[2][3][5] With Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco he had two daughters: Inés de Cárcamo and Elvira de Holguín; with Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez a son and a daughter: Diego Holguín de Figueroa Maldonado de Bohorques and María Maldonado de Holguín.[2][3] Miguel Holguín y Figueroa wasmayor of Tunja for four terms; 1558, 1564, 1572 and 1576.[4] He is named in texts until 1576, while his year of death in Tunja is unknown.[1]
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